North Korea Executes 80, Some for Having a Bible

When a government or a people move away from God, the result is loss of freedom. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, even the freedom to disagree with ones government. We are beginning to see it happen in America.

North Korea shows us what happens when a Godless government reaches its zenith. Fox News reports that as many as 80 people were publicly executed in North Korea earlier this month, some for offenses as minor as watching South Korean movies or possessing a Bible.

South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported that the so-called criminals were put to death in seven cities across North Korea on Nov. 3, in the first known large-scale public executions by the Kim Jong-un regime.

A source, who is familiar with internal affairs in the North and who recently visited the country, told the paper that about 10 people were killed in each city.

Eight people — their heads covered with white bags — were tied to stakes at a local stadium in the city of Wonsan, before authorities shot them with a machine gun, according to the source.

President Ronald Reagan observed, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. … fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.”

North Korea allowed its freedom to slip away. This is true for all mankind. We have a tendency to become enslaved to an all powerful leader. This happens as we reject God and need to replace Him.